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The prom you always wished for.

Dead Red Velvet has the pleasure of opening the Toronto Zombie Prom. Wear your blood-soaked corsages and cummerbunds to the hallowed halls of Toronto's famous El Mocambo club. May no soul be left unturned...

Further exploration:  full event write-up

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2012 MAY 17, Thursday. Doors @ 8:30pm, showtime @ 9:00pm.

The El Mocambo (2nd Floor)
464 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, ON, Canada
website | map to the venue

Admission: $15 / Food donation for raffle, 19+ ID required.

Contact: El Mocambo, 416-777-1777, email

Last minute Roncy Boys show feat. Dead Red Velvet.

The 10pm headliner, The Roncy Boys features art maven/socialite Christian Aldo on the mic with his merry band of sharks. Old-tyme doo-wop with art-rock intensity, riding the line between sugar-sweet throwback pop and deviant back-room poker jazz, the Roncy Boys make it a priority to impress.

A no-notice surprise gig for Dead Red Velvet will feature Karl Mohr presenting on piano/voice - a deviation from his recent full-power dark electronic shows. In fact, it has been over a year since Mohr has presented in the intimate setting, making this a rare treat. Ian Revell may be present on guitar.

Further exploration:  Roncy Boys on Facebook

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2012 MAY 11, Friday. Doors @ 9:00pm, showtime @ 10:00pm.

Cameron House (front room)
408 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON, Canada
website | map to the venue

Admission: PWYC, $10 suggested, 19+

Contact: Cameron House, 416-703-0811, email

Johnny Hollow and Dead Red Velvet live sets with DJ Darkness Visible spinning your favourite macabre tunes.

There will be a door raffle for some spooky prizes!

Further exploration:  
Johnny Hollow, Dead Red Velvet, DJ Darkness Visible

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2012 JAN 07, Saturday. Doors @ 9:30pm, showtime @ 10pm.

The El Mocambo (2nd Floor)
464 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, ON, Canada
website | map to the venue

Admission: $10, 19+ ID required.

Contact: El Mocambo, (416) 777-1777, email

NYE 2012 party at the Devil's Cellar features some of the best underground music in Toronto.

Featuring performances by:

Adaptive Reaction (synth/punk)
Cadillacs & Cadavers (horror punk/deathrock)
Corpusse (shock-art/electro/experimental/rock)
Dead Red Velvet (darkwave, gothic rock)
Double Eyelid (goth/gutter)

Plus the guest DJ spinning dark tunes all night long!

Movies, free pool, video games, fair drink prices in the newest, friendliest, safest, darkest and most unique atmosphere in Toronto.

Further exploration:  
Adaptive Reaction, Cadillacs & Cadavers, Corpusse, Dead Red Velvet, Double Eyelid

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2011 DEC 31, Saturday. Doors @ 9pm, showtime @ 10pm.

Devil's Cellar / Celts Pub (downstairs)
2872 Dundas Street West @ Keele in The Junction
Toronto, ON, Canada
| map to the venue

Admission: $10, All Ages Event

Contact: Rodrigo Raquio, email

Techstasy and Dead Red Velvet share the stage at the Velvet Underground.

Karl Mohr returns to the Velvet Underground - he has recently performed there as Droid Charge and also as a member of Double Eyelid; this time Mohr brings his Dead Red Velvet unit featuring Revolution on guitar and Eric Reid (Best Friends With Wolves Club) on percussion.

Dead Red Velvet will be opening the stage for Techstasy, a young, industrial powerhouse. DJ Osaze spins a fine selection of EBM/industrial/electronica afterwards, making this a great night for rivetheads, new romantics, darkwavers and goths.

Further exploration:  
Velvet Underground, Techstasy @ Facebook

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2011 NOV 24, Thursday. Doors @ 9:30pm, showtime @ 10pm.

Velvet Underground
510 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON, Canada
website | map to the venue

Admission: $5, 19+

Contact: Velvet Underground, 416-504-6688, email

Devil's Cellar Hallowe'en weekend hails Saturday as Satan's Night.

In the Junction district of Toronto, the basement of Celts Pub has been reinvented as a dark/metal bar called The Devil's Cellar. On the Hallowe'en Saturday, Satan's Night features live dark-electronic bands, and promises to be an intense evening.

Band lineup includes Techstasy, Peter Turns Pirate, Dead Red Velvet. DRV will be a playing a 60-minute set at midnight.

This show marks the 20th anniversary, to the day, of Karl Mohr performing his electronic music. His first gig was "Into the Doomhole" with Robin Buckley at a gay biker bar in St. Catharines, Ontario, on Nov 1st, 1991.

Further exploration:  
The Devil's Cellar - concert calendar
Peter Turns Pirate @ Myspace
Techstasy @ Facebook

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2011 OCT 29, Saturday. Doors @ 9pm, showtime @ 10pm.

Devil's Cellar / Celts Pub (downstairs)
2872 Dundas Street West, @ Keele in The Junction
Toronto, ON, Canada
website | map to the venue

Admission: $10 includes free CD, All Ages Event

Contact: Rodrigo Raquio, 647-886-7463, email

Friendly Rich's weekly residency at the Cameron House features Dead Red Velvet on May 17th.

Music fans with a desire to push boundaries, exercise the mind and dig through the mucus will love Friendly Rich's mad and merry band, the Lollipop People. Rich has shed the orchestral extremities of his original ensemble and stage theatrics, and his new, tighter combo, now with extensive touring experience, is very impressive indeed.

As if a Friendly Rich show at the world-famous Cameron House weren't enough to clinch the deal, Karl Mohr will be stepping out of his Dead Red Velvet closet for the very first time, opening the evening with 30 mysterious minutes of dark engagement. Definitely worth staying up past your bed-time.

Further exploration:  Friendly Rich

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2011 MAY 17, Tuesday. Doors @ 9pm, showtime @ 10pm.

Cameron House (back room)
408 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON, Canada
website | map to the venue

Admission: PWYC, $10 suggested, 19+

Contact: Cameron House, 416-703-0811, email